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旧约 以赛亚书 32:1–35:10
新约 腓立比书 4:1–23

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旧约以赛亚书 32:1–35:10

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():犹大想下埃及求援,神说埃及是“坐而不动的拉哈伯”,又说“你们得救在乎归回安息;你们得力在乎平静安稳”,百姓却不肯;神仍然等候要施恩,并应许要像雀鸟扇翅覆雏一样保护耶路撒冷。

今天你会读到

应许一位凭公义行政的王,等到圣灵从上浇灌,旷野要变为肥田;警告安逸无虑的妇女;33 章求神施恩,毁灭人的必被毁灭,锡安要成为安静的居所;34 章审判列国和以东;35 章旷野开花,赎民在圣路上欢唱归回锡安。

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留意 –6:“瞎子的眼必睁开;聋子的耳必开通”,瘸子要跳跃像鹿。耶稣回答施洗约翰的门徒时,所描述的正呼应这段()。

■ 当时 □ 预言所指

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34–35 章一暗一明:以东受审判后一片荒凉,对照赎民归回锡安的喜乐;这个归回的盼望,在 40 章以后有更多描写。

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以赛亚书 第 32 章

必有一王凭公义行政

1看哪,必有一王凭公义行政;必有首领借公平掌权。Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

2必有一人像避风所和避暴雨的隐密处,又像河流在干旱之地,像大磐石的影子在疲乏之地。Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

3那能看的人,眼不再昏迷;能听的人,耳必得听闻。Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

4的心必明白知识;结吧人的舌必说话通快。The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

5愚顽人不再称为高明;吝啬人不再称为大方。No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

6因为愚顽人必说愚顽话,心里想作罪孽,惯行亵渎的事,说错谬的话攻击耶和华,使饥饿的人无食可吃,使口渴的人无水可喝。For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

7吝啬人所用的法子是恶的;他图谋恶计,用谎言毁灭谦卑人;穷乏人讲公理的时候,他也是这样行。The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

8却谋高明事,在高明事上也必永存。But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

安逸的妇女要战兢

9安逸的妇女啊,起来听我的声音!无虑的女子啊,侧耳听我的言语!Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

10无虑的女子啊,再过一年多,必受骚扰;因为无葡萄可摘,无果子(或译:禾稼)可收。In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

11安逸的妇女啊,要战兢;无虑的女子啊,要受骚扰。脱去衣服,赤着身体,腰束麻布。Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

12她们必为美好的田地和多结果的葡萄树,哀哭。Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

13荆棘蒺藜必长在我百姓的地上,又长在欢乐的城中和一切快乐的房屋上。and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

14因为宫殿必被撇下,多民的城必被离弃;山冈望楼永为洞穴,作野驴所喜乐的,为羊群的草场。For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

圣灵从上浇灌

15等到圣灵从上浇灌我们,旷野就变为肥田,肥田看如树林。until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

16那时,公平要居在旷野;公义要居在肥田。Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

17公义的果效必是平安;公义的效验必是平稳,直到永远。The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

18我的百姓必住在平安的居所,安稳的住处,平静的安歇所。Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

19(但要降冰雹打倒树林;城必全然拆平。)But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

20你们在各水边撒种、牧放牛驴的有福了!Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

以赛亚书 第 33 章

祸哉,毁灭人的

1祸哉!你这毁灭人的,自己倒不被毁灭;行事诡诈的,人倒不以诡诈待你。你毁灭罢休了,自己必被毁灭;你行完了诡诈,人必以诡诈待你。Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

求耶和华施恩

2耶和华啊,求你施恩于我们;我们等候你。求你每早晨作我们的膀臂,遭难的时候为我们的拯救。O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

3喧嚷的响声一发,众民奔逃;你一兴起,列国四散。The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

4你们所掳的必被敛尽,好像蚂蚱吃(原文是敛)尽禾稼。人要蹦在其上,好像蝗虫一样。Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

5耶和华被尊崇,因他居在高处;他以公平公义充满锡安。The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6你一生一世必得安稳—有丰盛的救恩,并智慧和知识;你以敬畏耶和华为至宝。He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

7看哪,他们的豪杰在外头哀号;求和的使臣痛痛哭泣。Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

8大路荒凉,行人止息;敌人背约,藐视城邑,不顾人民。The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

9地上悲哀衰残;黎巴嫩羞愧枯干;沙仑像旷野;巴珊和迦密的树林凋残。The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

耶和华要兴起

10耶和华说:现在我要起来;我要兴起;我要勃然而兴。“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

11你们要怀的是糠秕,要生的是碎秸;你们的气就是吞灭自己的火。You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

12列邦必像已烧的石灰,像已割的荆棘在火中焚烧。The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

13你们远方的人当听我所行的;你们近处的人当承认我的大能。You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

谁能与吞灭的火同住

14锡安中的罪人都惧怕;不敬虔的人被战兢抓住。我们中间谁能与吞灭的火同住?我们中间谁能与永火同住呢?The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

15行事公义、说话正直、憎恶欺压的财利、、塞耳不听流血的话,闭眼不看邪恶事的,He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

16他必居高处;他的保障是磐石的坚垒;他的粮必不缺乏(原文是赐给);他的水必不断绝。he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

你的眼必见王的荣美

17你的眼必见王的荣美,必见辽阔之地。Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

18你的心必思想那惊吓的事,自问说:记数目的在哪里呢?的在哪里呢?数戍楼的在哪里呢?Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

19你必不见那强暴的民,就是说话深奥,你不能明白,言语,你不能懂得的。You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

锡安是安静的居所

20你要看锡安—我们守圣节的城!你的眼必见耶路撒冷为安静的居所,为不挪移的帐幕,橛子永不拔出,绳索一根也不折断。Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

21在那里,耶和华必显威严与我们同在,当作江河宽阔之地;其中必没有的船来往,也没有威武的船经过。But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

22因为,耶和华是审判我们的;耶和华是给我们设律法的;耶和华是我们的王;他必拯救我们。For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

23你的绳索松开:不能栽稳桅杆,也不能扬起篷来。那时许多掳来的物被分了;瘸腿的把掠物夺去了。Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

24城内居民必不说:我病了;其中居住的百姓,罪孽都赦免了。And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

以赛亚书 第 34 章

耶和华向万国发忿恨

1列国啊,要近前来听!众民哪,要侧耳而听!地和其上所充满的,世界和其中一切所出的都应当听!Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

2因为耶和华向万国发忿恨,向他们的全军发烈怒,将他们灭尽,交出他们受杀戮。The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.

3被杀的必然抛弃,尸首臭气上腾;诸山被他们的血融化。Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

4天上的万象都要消没;天被卷起,好像书卷。其上的万象要残败,像葡萄树的叶子残败,又像无花果树的叶子残败一样。All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.

以东受审判

5因为我的刀在天上已经喝足;这刀必临到和我所咒诅的民,要施行审判。When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

6耶和华的刀满了血,用脂油和羊羔、公山羊的血,并公绵羊腰子的脂油滋润的;因为耶和华在有献祭的事,在以东地大行杀戮。The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

7野牛、牛犊,和公牛要一同下来。他们的地喝醉了血;他们的尘土因脂油肥润。And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

8因耶和华有报仇之日,为锡安的争辩有报应之年。For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

9以东的河水要变为石油,尘埃要变为硫磺;地土成为烧着的石油,Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

10昼夜总不熄灭,烟气永远上腾,必世世代代成为荒废,永永远远无人经过。It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.

11、箭猪却要得为业;猫头鹰、乌鸦要住在其间。耶和华必将空虚的准绳,混沌的线铊,拉在其上。The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

12以东人要召贵胄来治国;那里却无一个,首领也都归于无有。No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

13以东的宫殿要长荆棘;保障要长蒺藜和刺草;要作野狗的住处,鸵鸟的居所。Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

14旷野的走兽要和豺狼相遇;野山羊要与伴偶对叫。必在那里栖身,自找安歇之处。The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

15箭蛇要在那里做窝,下蛋,,生子,聚子在其影下;鹞鹰各与伴偶聚集在那里。There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

查考宣读耶和华的书

16你们要查考宣读。这都无一缺少,无一没有伴偶;因为我的口已经吩咐,他的灵将他们聚集。Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

17他也为他们,又亲手用准绳给他们分地;他们必永得为业,世世代代住在其间。He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

以赛亚书 第 35 章

旷野必开花

1旷野和干旱之地必然欢喜;沙漠也必快乐;又像玫瑰开花,The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

2必开花繁盛,乐上加乐,而且欢呼。黎巴嫩的荣耀,并迦密与沙仑的华美,必赐给它。人必看见耶和华的荣耀,我们 神的华美。It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

3你们要使软弱的手坚壮,无力的膝稳固。Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

4对胆怯的人说:你们要刚强,不要惧怕。看哪,你们的 神必来报仇,必来施行极大的报应;他必来拯救你们。Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

5那时,瞎子的眼必睁开;聋子的耳必开通。Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

6那时,瘸子必跳跃像鹿;哑巴的舌头必能歌唱。在旷野必有水发出;在沙漠必有河涌流。Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

7(或译:蜃楼)要变为水池;干渴之地要变为泉源。在野狗躺卧之处,必有青草、芦苇,和蒲草。The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

赎民行走的圣路

8在那里必有一条大道,称为。污秽人不得经过,必专为赎民行走;行路的人虽愚昧,也不致失迷。And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.

9在那里必没有狮子,猛兽也不登这路;在那里都遇不见,只有赎民在那里行走。No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.

10并且耶和华救赎的民必归回,歌唱来到锡安;永乐必归到他们的头上;他们必得着欢喜快乐,忧愁叹息尽都逃避。So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

摘要

以赛亚书32至35章描绘公义之王的统治带来平安与公正,圣灵的浇灌使荒凉之地变为丰饶(32章)。先知宣告神要审判欺压者、保护敬畏祂的义人,并严厉警告以东等敌对列国将遭受彻底毁灭(33-34章)。最终,35章以荣耀的复兴景象作结——旷野开花、瞎眼得见、瘸腿跳跃,赎民走在圣路上歌唱归回锡安,忧愁尽都消散。

反思问题

  1. 以赛亚描述公义带来平安与安稳(),你目前的生活中,哪些地方需要让神的公义来建立真正的平安?
  2. 列出能与神同住之人的品格特质(行公义、说正直、拒贿赂等),你在日常决策中如何操练这些品格?
  3. 35章描绘神使荒凉变为繁盛的应许,你生命中是否有看似‘旷野’的处境?这段经文如何坚固你对神更新的盼望?

新约腓立比书 4:1–23

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():保罗把从前引以为傲的出身和资历都看作有损的,为要得着基督;他“忘记背后,努力面前的,向着标竿直跑”,并提醒信徒“我们却是天上的国民”()。

今天你会读到

保罗劝两位起争执的姊妹同心;劝信徒靠主常常喜乐、一无挂虑,把所要的借着祷告告诉神,并思念一切美善的事;最后感谢腓立比人一再供给他,说自己无论在甚么景况都学会了知足,然后问安作结。

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留意 “我靠着那加给我力量的,凡事都能做”的上下文:保罗说的是,无论饱足或饥饿、有余或缺乏,他都能靠主知足()。

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腓立比教会从一开始就在经济上支持保罗();这封信也是保罗收到他们托以巴弗提送来的餽送后,写给他们的感谢信。

腓立比书 第 4 章

靠主站立得稳

1我所亲爱、所想念的弟兄们,你们就是我的喜乐,我的。我亲爱的弟兄,你们应当靠主站立得稳。Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

劝友阿蝶和循都基同心

2我劝和循都基,要在主里同心。I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.

3我也求你这真实,帮助这两个女人,因为她们在福音上曾与我一同劳苦;还有,并其余和我一同做工的,他们的名字都在生命册上。Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

靠主常常喜乐

4你们要靠主常常喜乐。我再说,你们要喜乐。Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

5当叫众人知道你们的心。主已经近了。Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

应当一无挂虑

6应当一无,只要凡事借着祷告、祈求,和感谢,将你们所要的告诉 神。Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

7神所赐、的平安必在基督耶稣里你们的心怀意念。And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

思念美善的事

8弟兄们,我还有未尽的话:凡是真实的、可敬的、公义的、清洁的、可爱的、有美名的,若有什么德行,若有什么称赞,这些事你们都要思念。Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

9你们在我身上所学习的,所领受的,所听见的,所看见的,这些事你们都要去行,赐平安的 神就必与你们同在。Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

学会知足的秘诀

10我靠主大大地喜乐,因为你们思念我的心如今又发生;你们向来就思念我,只是没得机会。Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.

11我并不是因缺乏说这话;我无论在什么景况都可以知足,这是我已经学会了。I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

12我知道怎样处卑贱,也知道怎样处丰富;或饱足,或饥饿;或有余,或缺乏,随事随在,我都得了。I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.

13我靠着那加给我力量的,凡事都能做。I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

感谢腓立比人的餽送

14然而,你们和我同受患难原是美事。Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

15腓立比人哪,你们也知道我初传福音离了马其顿的时候,论到的事,除了你们以外,并没有别的教会供给我。And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

16就是我在,你们也一次两次地打发人供给我的需用。For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

17我并不求什么馈送,所求的就是你们的果子渐渐增多,。Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.

18但我样样都有,并且有余。我已经充足,因我从以巴弗提受了你们的馈送,当作,为 神所收纳、所喜悦的祭物。I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

19我的 神必照他荣耀的丰富,在基督耶稣里,使你们一切所需用的都充足。And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

20愿荣耀归给我们的父 神,直到永永远远。阿们!To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

问安与祝福

21请问在基督耶稣里的各位圣徒安。在我这里的众弟兄都问你们安。Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.

22众圣徒都问你们安。在特特地问你们安。All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.

23愿主耶稣基督的恩常在你们心里!The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

摘要

腓立比书第四章中,保罗劝勉信徒要在主里喜乐、靠主站立得稳,并呼吁友阿爹和循都基同心合意。他教导信徒凡事藉祷告祈求带着感谢告诉神,就必得着超越人所能理解的平安。保罗见证自己已学会在任何景况中知足,靠着加给他力量的基督凡事都能做,同时感谢腓立比教会的慷慨供给,确信神必照祂荣耀的丰富供应他们一切所需。

反思问题

  1. 保罗说‘应当一无挂虑,凡事借着祷告祈求和感谢告诉神’(),你目前最大的挂虑是什么?你愿意如何在祷告中具体交托?
  2. 保罗在困乏与丰富中都学会了知足(),你在物质或处境不如预期时,如何操练以基督为满足的知足?
  3. 提到要思念真实、可敬、公义、清洁、可爱、有美名的事,在你每日接收的资讯中,你可以做哪些具体调整来实践这个教导?